I challenge our presidential candidates to bare their stand on the raging legal controversy on whether outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can still appoint the next Chief Justice despite a constitutional prohibition against presidential midnight appointments. Only LP Presidential candida...
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I disagree with the position taken by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile that President Arroyo can bypass the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in appointing the successor of outgoing Chief Justice Reynato Puno. The legal position taken Enrile, which appears to have been adopted by Malacanang, on t...
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Malacanang is maliciously raising unfounded fears of a possible vacuum in the leadership of the Supreme Court when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires in May. Existing laws provide for a smooth succession to the post. Contrary to the claim of Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor Jr. and Cabinet Secre...
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President Arroyo’s allies were “deliberately misinterpreting the 1987 Constitution” when they insisted that she can appoint a new Supreme Court Chief Justice even before Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires on May 17, 2010. They will be violating the Constitution and the laws, on...
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The forthcoming retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno and President Arroyo’s impending exit from power present an interesting legal question that will have an impact not only on our Supreme Court, but on our country’s future as well. It will also provide the answers to persistent ...
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